This study focuses on a small-scale fishing community which primarily exploits fish in Tijucas
Bay (Santa Catarina State, Brazil). The region is near a marine protected area and is also …

Global shrimp catches are reported primarily in association with large industrial trawling, but
they also occur through small-scale fishing, which plays a substantial role in traditional …

The imperative to include stakeholders and rightsholders in fisheries management over the
past 30 years has led to many changes in management regimes around the world, a key …

Over the past decade, most efforts at improving the selectivity of commercial, baited traps
targeting the giant mud crab, Scylla serrata in south-eastern Australia have focused on …

Comprehensive species checklists are essential to effectively implementing preservation
and recovery measures, and should assess conservation status, vulnerability degree and …

Although still controversial among some fisheries management stakeholders, marine
protected areas (MPAs) are used worldwide to address fisheries crises. This study focused …

This paper comprises a systematic analysis of the governance of the Environmental
Protected Area of Anhatomirim, a multiple-use coastal-marine protected area located in …

Tropical and subtropical shrimp fisheries occur mainly nearshore, where numerous non-
target species (bycatch) are captured. Bycatch is a serious issue for fishing activity and …

This paper comprises an analysis on fisherââ ‚¬ â „¢ s perceptions about using bycatch
modification devices (BRD) as fishery management tools in a south Brazilian Marine …

Conditions for successful common-pool resources management institutions have been
systematized by Elinor Ostrom as a set of “design principles for robust governance”. The …